competently

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As one government source said: "People want to see us handle the foreign stuff competently but it's not really what people care about - they only vote on foreign affairs grounds in genuinely exceptional circumstances."

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

In a press release issued Friday, Wilson said the company’s transition announcement was a “tremendous failure by the Board to competently plan for the future and manage an effective succession process.”

From Barron's • Dec. 13, 2025

Returning director Dan Trachtenberg hits the beats competently but not too stridently, like a good superfan should.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

“Beneficiaries of an estate can ask to remove a personal representative when they have demonstrated that they cannot competently manage estate affairs,” according to the Martin Law Office LLC.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025

As the relief flowed into him like a fast-rising tide, Bernabe began to tell himself that he had handled the situation pretty competently.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols